San Jose State opened training camp Saturday with a practice that lasted nearly three hours and was notable for its lack of news.

The Spartans don’t have a key player sitting out because of academic trouble.

There were no last-minute additions to, or subtractions from, the roster.

All the projected starters were in uniform, including tailback Patrick Perry, who is awaiting clearance from the NCAA because of a medical issue.

Perry, who missed the 2007-08 seasons because of a knee injury, has applied for a sixth year of eligibility. A ruling could come any day or not for several weeks — the NCAA works in mysterious ways — and the Spartans expect a favorable outcome. In the meantime, Perry is allowed to practice.

“It’s a classic case, and the NCAA would let us know if there was something (amiss) with the appeal,” SJSU Coach Dick Tomey said.

Perry went full speed Saturday for the first time since suffering the injury before the 2007 season opener.

“I’m in better shape than I was, but I’ve had to work twice as hard as I did before (the injury),” said Perry, who is competing with Chris Reese and junior college transfer Lamon Muldrow for the starting job.

The Spartans are also awaiting NCAA clearance for tight end Terrance Williams, whose injury-plagued career forced him to seek additional eligibility.

Williams and freshman Ryan Otten are dueling for the starting spot.

The only significant absence Saturday was an expected one: Jon Moreno, a contender to start at right tackle, tore his pectoral muscle during an off-season workout and will miss at least three months.

Andres Vargas is the front-runner at right tackle but will have to fend off impressive redshirt freshman David Quessenberry and either Fred Koloto or John Konye (one of the two will start at left tackle).

To bolster their depth at tackle, SJSU has moved freshman Pierce Burton over from the defensive line — at least for the time being.

Because the Spartans have 52 returning lettermen, Tomey expects to redshirt most, if not all of the true freshmen. That’s in stark contrast to the situation three years ago, when 17 true freshmen played.

Former Stanford coach Tyrone Willingham, who lives on the Peninsula, attended the practice as Tomey’s guest.

Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.